141.03 AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE.

   (a)    There is created within the Department of Public Safety, an auxiliary police unit, the members of which shall be appointed by the Director of Public Safety.

   (b)    Auxiliary police officers shall serve so long as the Director of Public Safety may direct, or until a resignation submitted by such member is accepted by the Director of Public Safety.

   (c)    The Chief of Police shall be the commanding officer of the auxiliary police unit and shall have control of the assignment, training, stationing, and the direction of work of such unit. The auxiliary police unit will have all police powers, but shall perform only such police duties as assigned by the Chief of Police and shall act only when in the prescribed uniform or portion of uniform. The Chief of Police shall prescribe the time and place such uniform or portion thereof shall be worn. Such auxiliary member shall obey the chain of command of the police department and shall take orders from all regular appointed members thereof.

   (d)   The auxiliary police unit shall be known as the "Dover Police Reserve Organization."

   (e)    The Director of Public Safety shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the organization, administration, conduct and control of the auxiliary police unit.

   (f)    The members of the auxiliary police unit shall be residents of the City of Dover or Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and may not be under the age of twenty-one years at the time of their appointment and shall abide by such other regulations and rules as provided for in subsection (e) of this section.

   (g)    The Director of Public Safety is authorized to prescribe, by the rules and regulations, the type of uniform or part thereof which shall be worn by members of the auxiliary police unit.

   (h)    All services performed by auxiliary policemen shall be on a voluntary basis and within the City. Auxiliary policemen shall be paid one dollar ($1.00) annually.

(Ord. 98-76. Passed 12-20-76.)